Payments to Governments

Adriatic Metals PLC

22 June 2023

 

22 June 2023

Adriatic Metals PLC 

("Adriatic Metals" or the "Company")

Report on Payments to Governments for the Year Ended 31 December 2022

Adriatic Metals (ASX:ADT, LSE:ADT1, OTCQX:ADMLF) advises, in accordance with DTR 4.3A and in compliance with The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 as amended (the Regulations), the payments made by the Company and its subsidiaries to governments for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Beneficiary of payment	Nature of payment
(In USD'000)	Production entitlements	Taxes paid	Royalties paid	Dividends paid	Signature, discovery and production bonuses paid	Licence fees, rental fees, entry fees and other considerations for licences and/or concessions paid	Infrastructure improvements paid	Total
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	18
Municipality Vares						687	-	687
Ze Do Canton	-	-	-	-	-	266	-	266
Total	-	18	-	-	-	944	-	962

Basis of preparation:

a)   Payments made in currencies other than USD are translated at the average foreign exchange rate for the relevant month.

b)   Taxes paid include taxes levied on the income, production or profits of companies but excludes any taxes levied on consumption such as value added taxes, personal income taxes or sales taxes.

This report is available for download at https://www.adriaticmetals.com/investors/lse-announcements/

Authorised by, and for further information please contact:

Paul Cronin
Managing Director & CEO
[e-mail]

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For further information please visit: www.adriaticmetals.com; email: [e-mail], @AdriaticMetals on Twitter; or contact:

Adriatic Metals PLC
Paul Cronin / Klara Kaczmarek	Via Buchanan
Buchanan	Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse / Oonagh Reidy	[e-mail]
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)
Jeremy Dunlop (Australia)	Tel: [phone]
James Asensio (UK)	Tel: [phone]
RBC Capital Markets (Joint Corporate Broker)
James Agnew / Jamil Miah	Tel: [phone]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)
Ashton Clanfield / Callum Stewart	Tel: [phone]
Citadel Magnus
Cameron Gilenko	Tel: [phone]

ABOUT ADRIATIC METALS

Adriatic Metals PLC (ASX:ADT, LSE:ADT1, OTCQX:ADMLF) is a precious and base metals developer that is advancing the world-class Vares Silver Project in Bosnia & Herzegovina, as well as the Raska Zinc-Silver Project in Serbia.

The Vares Silver Project is fully funded to production, which is expected in Q4 2023. The 2021 Project Definitive Feasibility Study shows robust economics of US$1,062 million post-tax NPV8, 134% IRR and a capex of US$168 million. Concurrent with ongoing construction activities, the Company continues to explore across its highly prospective 44km² concession package.

The Mineral Resource estimate for the Rupice underground deposit comprising part of the Vares Silver Project was announced in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.8 on 1 September 2020. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the previous announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimate in the previous announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The Ore Reserve estimate for the Rupice deposit comprising part of the Vares Silver Project was announced in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.9 on 19 August 2021. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the previous announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimate in the previous announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.19, the Company confirms that the production targets and forecast financial information for the Vares Project were first disclosed in accordance with ASX Listing Rules 5.16 and 5.17 in the Company's announcement dated 19 August 2021. The Company confirms that all the material assumptions underpinning the production target and the forecast financial information in the previous announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.

 

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